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    • WITSEN MAP OF ASIA
      Jan. 27, 2024

      WITSEN MAP OF ASIA

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      WITSEN, Nicolaas (1641-1717). Asia Accuratissime Descripta ex omnibus, quae hactenus extiterum imprimis viri Ampliss... Engraved map with original hand color. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, c. 1696. 19 7/8" x 23 3/4" sheet. Epic 17th century map of Asia.

      Arader Galleries
    • Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam.
      May. 17, 2022

      Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam.

      Est: €40 - €60

      Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam. Amst., B. Bakker, 2010, 520p., ills., orig. boards. Horst, D.R. De Opstand in zwart-wit. Propagandaprenten uit de Nederlandse Opstand [1566-1584]. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2003, 392p., num. ills., orig. boards, obl. 4to. Welten, J. De vergeten prinsessen van Thorn (1700-1794). Gorredijk, Sterck & De Vreese, 2019, 519p., num. col. ills., orig. boards, 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. S. REINDERS, De mug en de kaars. Vriendenboekje van adellijke vrouwen 1575-1640 (Utr., 2017, col. ills., orig. boards) and I. VAN DER VLIS, Door het land van de sultan. Carel Quina's pelgrimage naar Jeruzalem, 1668-1671 (Zutphen, 2005, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

      Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
    • Nicolaas Witsen, Large Copper Map of Asia, Jaillot, 1696
      Mar. 23, 2015

      Nicolaas Witsen, Large Copper Map of Asia, Jaillot, 1696

      Est: €1,440 - €1,800

      Nicolaas Witsen (1641-1717) - Major and regent of Amsterdam 'L'Asie, distinguée en ses Principales Parties, sçavoir la Turquie en Asie, l'Arabie, la Perse, l'Inde, la Chine, la Tartarie, les Isles du Japon, des Philippines, des Molucques, de la Sonde, des Ceylan, et des Maldives.' Draft by Nicolas Sanson, the Elder (1600-1667) Published by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Paris, 1696 Inscribed 'Dressé sur la Carte de Monsieur N(icolaas) Witsen... Presentée ... par ... Hubert Jaillot... Par le Sr. Sanson.' Copper map entirely in contemporary coloring with figurative cartouche, odometer and compass rose Dimensions of leaf: 95.5 x 63 cm; plate: 88.5 x 60 cm Copy with wide margins, in good condition Excellent original print of this extremely rare large map of Asia, with old coloring in fresh impression Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU. Condition: Clean and decorative copy with wide margins, entirely in contemporary coloring. Upper margin with restored and rebacked blemishes and defective spots. Formerly burst centerfold skilfully closed. Restored split in lower right area. Blemishes on both sides visible only against backlight. Map image clean and flawless. Nicolaas Witsen (1641-1717) The major and regent ofAmsterdam Nicolaas Witsen was active for the town as reeve ofAmstelveen and Nieuwer-Amstel. As diplomat, politician, collector, publicist and scientifically educated man, Witsen was mentor of tzar Peter I. He, in return, was taught byJohann Amos Comenius. He studied law at theLeiden University and earned a doctorate in 1664. As a member of the mission ofJacob Boreel he traveled to Russia in 1664/1665, where he gathered information that he published in the 'Kaart van Tartarije', the first map ofSiberia released in Western Europe. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.

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    • Nicolaas Witsen (1641-1717), Dutch
      Oct. 16, 2014

      Nicolaas Witsen (1641-1717), Dutch

      Est: £300 - £400

      Nicolaas Witsen (1641-1717), Dutch Extraordinary-Ambassador to England, Dutch silver medal, 1695, bust right with long hair right, N WITSEN CONS AMST AD REGEM ANGLIAE LEGATUS MDCXCV, rev., a battering ram having breached a city wall, 24 mm (MI 147/408; cf vL III, 438). Extremely fine, toned and very rare Witsen was a Dutch statesman, Burgomaster of Amsterdam thirteen times between 1682-1706. In 1693 he became administrator of the VOC. Whilst in England he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a cartographer, specialist on shipbuilding and an an expert on Russian affairs. Provenance: Bt. T. Millett, March, 2007.

      Woolley & Wallis
    • MAP OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE -- WITSEN, Nicolaas (1641-1717). Nieuwe Lantkaarte van het Noorder
      Nov. 30, 2006

      MAP OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE -- WITSEN, Nicolaas (1641-1717). Nieuwe Lantkaarte van het Noorder

      Est: £12,000 - £18,000

      MAP OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE -- WITSEN, Nicolaas (1641-1717). Nieuwe Lantkaarte van het Noorder en Ooster deel van Asia en Europa strekkende van Nova Zembla tot China. [New Map of the Northern and Eastern parts of Asia and Europe, from Nova Zembla to China]. Amsterdam, c.1687. Large engraved wall map of the Eastern territories of the Russian Empire, 6 sheets joined together, (overall c.1150 x 1250mm). (Traces of old folds, some creasing, light browning along three of the folds, small hole, a few small repairs, folds strengthened on verso.) RARE. ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE MAPS OF ITS TIME, AND A LANDMARK OF CARTOGRAPHY. Witsen's map, dedicated to Tsar Peter the Great, was one of the great compilation surveys of the Eastern Russian Empire, opening up the area to its development in the 18 t h century. Peter the Great had earlier maintained an intensive corrspondence with Witsen, who had advised him on the construction of a fleet. The map threw light on the Russian possessions in Asia, prior to which very little was known in Europe. The names of Siberian peoples and places, and some of those in Central Asia, suggest that Witsen was using mostly Russian sources. Witsen also had at his disposal maps made by Chinese cartographers, and Jesuits in China -- most importantly those by Martini and Couplet. Some of the Chinese names in the Amur regions and in East Siberia testify to their use. VERY RARE: Keuning locates 8 copies altogether of the two variant states of this map; this one the state with the date '1687' placed obliquely to the right of the cartouche. Keuning, 'Nicolaas Witsen as a cartographer', Imago Mundi, 11 (1967), pp.95-110; Bagrow, 'The first Russian maps of Siberia and their influence on the West-European cartography of N.E. Asia', Imago Mundi, 9 (1967), pp.83-93; Bagrow, A history of Russian cartography up to 1800, pp.73-6 and passim; Yefimov (ed.), Atlas of geographical discoveries in Siberia and north-western America XVII-XVIII centuries, 33.

      Christie's
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